Political parties and democratization in South Korea

The mass public and the democractic consolidation of political parties

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ID6252812
AuthorsDoh Chull Shin (0000-0003-3645-1535, University of Illinois at Springfield, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume2
Issue2
Pages20-55
Publication date1995-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemocratization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13510349508403429
OpenAlexW2019761373
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited39

This study examines the growth of popular support for a competitive multi‐party system as an indicator of democratic consolidation in South Korea. Using a national sample survey conducted in November 1993, it demonstrates that the South Korean mass public has been very slow to develop affective, behavioural, cognitive and evaluative links to political parties which, however, constitute an integral channel for representing its preferences in the policy‐making process. Contrary to the tenets of the neo‐corporatist and other theoretical models, this study finds that the failure of political parties to democratize their performance has been, and remains, a major factor inhibiting the development of popular support for a democratic party system. Based on this and other findings, we would predict much continuing difficulty and uncertainty in the process of consolidating South Korean political parties into a fully democratic party system

Consolidation (business · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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